Still, with the Avett Brothers

On Friday night, sweetie & I saw the best concert of our lives -- the Avett Brothers, at First Avenue, a club in Minneapolis. It was even better than their show last summer. We loved every single minute of it, and we were practically depressed the rest of the weekend because it was over. I would talk more about this incredible show, but my previous attempts to show my readership the light on the brilliance of the Brothers have been met with resistance (you know who you are, losers), so I won't do so again here.

In other news, signs of spring are appearing here in the frozen tundra. Specifically, we see grass! Disgusting, muddy, brown, matted patches of grass, and it's beautiful in all of its hopeful, energizing splendor. Most of the grass is still covered with snow, but more is melting every day. I even ordered seeds this weekend! I'll probably do a separate seed post soon, but I'm planning to start some of my own in my workroom under a fluorescent light, and then direct seed the ones that I can. I'm planning an herb and lettuce bed, a separate mint bed, kales & swiss chard as edible landscaping along the front walk, and lots more in the back beds. Again, more later.

Also to celebrate spring, we took a big walk around the lake with friends. Only in Minnesota do you celebrate the 42-degree weather the first weekend in March with a 3 mile walk around a frozen lake with the whole family.

And the weekend was capped off with me watching the Oscars alone in bed while Matt worked. Someone please explain -- who told Charlize Theron that dress was a good idea?